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Next2Bezee:
Good Evening House! Thanks for all your hardwork

I am about to begin processing my app to Uni of Minnesota for a Masters in Accounting in Jan 2018 (currently in the process of renewing my international passport).

I completed my Bsc in accounting in Malaysia and got a 2.9/4. I want to know if I'll still be required to write any exams like GRE or Gmat before I'll be considered for admission (considering i completed my bsc outside Nigeria) ....thanks!

YEA! write GMAT

send me a DM.

towbaynah:
I need a mock interview, somebody, anybody

Anyone starting at UNT this should send me a DM. I would be glad to help in every way i can. Congratulations to everyone that has had their visas. Welcome to the Canaan!

PM me for SEVIS fee payment. BLESS

Joshmedia1:
Hi guys
Can anyone suggest how to get a free tuition waiver in a US school?

Be specific! Are you going for an undergrad or grad program? I'd suggest that you read previous threads to have more clarity

ganiyuadeoye:
I can smell your arrogant nature. Just keep calm ok

"Having"*

fysapop:
Visa Approved this morning....
Hi everyone, I want to thank those that continue to support the movement and purpose of this thread. My Visa interview was for 6:30am this morning, I was feeling uneasy all through the night, I woke up around 4am, left my house by 4:55am, I was driving like a snail I didnt even want any stories. I finally got to the embassy like 5:35am, I paid for parking, about 5 guys just rushed me and started telling to arrange my document staple this and that make copy of my passport page that the rules have changed, but as a product of this thread I didn't even answer them, I was the 4th person to be interviewed, it was barely up to 5 mins sef, see my transcript below;

VO; Good morning, how are you
Me; Good morning Sir, I am fine
VO; Pass me your passport and 1-20
Why are you going to the US
Me; I am going to the University of Connecticut for Masters in Business Analytics as Big data is the new wave in Africa and I want to be one of the forerunners of understanding data mining and how Business can (I cant even remember what I said..lol)
VO; oh Uconn, that’s great. Where do you work?
Me; Senior Consultant atXXXX (International Company)
VO; Oh that’s a great Company, hope you enjoyed your time working there?
Me; Yes I have..its being a great time, we have won a couple of employers satisfaction awards in the last few years.
VO; oh really, they would never win that in the US, they are really tough u know ( I just knew my visa was approved from this point)
ME; yes when some of them come to Nigeria, they always want to stay back.
VO; how are you going to pay for your studies?
Me; I got a loan from Prodigy finance and my brother is also sponsoring me
VO; ok… I see you are a genuine student and I would be approving your visa. He returned my 1-20 and the collection ish
Me; Thank you Sir.

The three guys that went before me were still talking to the VO. I just started singing praises all the way to my car, people were just congratulating because it was soo obvious I just got my visa approved.

Congrats...Guess it is that time of the year already

femi321:
Lol..If your post didn't suggest that you are in US already, I would have asked if you are preparing for GRE or you just wrote GRE..

I just talk say make i dey use the vocabs small make e nor waste ni. $205 no be small money back then now

By the way, i met Angelapinkytoes yesterday

This forum sha! I don't think there has ever been any month devoid of fights. When would Nigerians learn! The annoying thing is that a lot of us on this forum are in diaspora and we have experienced different cultures. Each time i read ignorant and vain posts on this thread, i am utterly bewildered. Some are unnecessarily arrogant, and others type before they think.
what baffles me all the time is whether, or not, there is need for all these grandiloquence. Well, based on logistics, anyone coming to University of North Texas this Fall should Hit me up. Make me sef give back small as my aunty, Lagosismyhome and my boss, GboyegaD don do for me .

Bolisticbond026:
Good morning Nairalanders,
Please i need help.I am a prospective student for fall 2018 going for masters in computer network security or Telecommunication Engineering.All i need are schools that offer these courses and has offer for funding to international student.My profile is thus
Undergraduate program:Electronics and Computer Engineering (3.71/5.0)
Years of Experience:3 Years with professional certification(CCNA).
Thank u all as u recommend and suggest schools with good funding for me.

GRE AND TOEFL/IELTS?

bigfrancis21:
4.02/5.0 will be around 3.45/4.00 after conversion, using WES conversion standards. Normally, admission from top US schools (like Harvard, Yale, UMD, etc.) are almost 100% sure tickets to getting your visa at the embassy, even without GRE. However, with average schools like the one you got admission from, you need to write the GRE to boost your chances of getting the visa, not just getting the visa but getting it once at first attempt. 3 months is just enough time to take the GRE and score at least 310 to 315. The more time spent studying for the GRE the higher your score. GRE, though SS3 level math and english, has its own tricks and you need time to study for it and understand its tricks. Also, your GRE score could help you get funding before or after you arrive the US, you never might know. So study hard for it, take it and do your best. Nothing comes easy in life.

There are other types of GA such as administrative GA (non-academic type) and for such ones you do not need GRE to get them, just related work experience and maybe the right network. If you do not get a GA before arriving, some people do get GAs after arriving in the US just before school starts but they often have to come in early to run around campus for the GA search.

Abeg take every word wey my oga tell you seriously because i am a living testimony. My guy, try to write and ace your GRE. Bigfrancis baba, i go call you in few minutes.

femi321:
Congrats that's a very nice school but push for funding in other schools as well, I know someone with a GRE score of 337 and a first class, He never got funded for masters in that school. Department differs though in terms of funding.Cheers

What? 337? Wawu

dannyjumbo:
pls any idea on cost of toefl?

185$. go to www.ets.org

dannyjumbo:
any school you guys are recommending for me.masters levels.

The truth is bitter. You no fit get any school with a TOEFL score of 65. Your best bet is to write it again

feguson123:
my people please I realy need clarification,my interview is coming up soon,mainwhile I was earlier rejected before on a B1/B2 on d application I filled married but on this one I filled seperated,if asked on d interview how do I defend it?

i agree with Worry 357

u should write GRE

dannyjumbo:
geospatial

Christian129:
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I'd advise that you rewrite your TOEFL and maybe write GRE.

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dannyjumbo:
House east Tennessee university just turned me
Down.saying no space in area of my major.I just spoke with the course coordinator.so i was hoping if I can get any other school with low toefl scores say 65 or [s][s]don't even take toefl wit low funding and give scholarship to graduate students.[/s][/s]pls as I wait.
Thanks

dannyjumbo:
House east Tennessee university just turned me
Down.saying no space in area of my major.I just spoke with the course coordinator.so i was hoping if I can get any other school with low toefl scores say 65 or don't even take toefl wit low funding and give scholarship to graduate students.pls as I wait.
Thanks

What's your Major?

AfonjaBoston:
LUCAS99 again!!! I thought you were deported or suffering from some of immigration depression

Even your moniker says it all. How old are you?

OluDare01:
Some of us have finished our spring break

LOOOL.. sorry o. . This is my first one so i have forgotten that some ppl have different calendar... Denton is boring tho

happy spring break everyone

who wants $50 for doing nothing? You must be in the USA tho. PM me for more details.
PS: only those that are in the USA should PM me o

OluDare01:
Wait till april, na that time people go dey enter embassy wella

That's true tho.. I can't wait to start hearing visa approval testimonies

is it just me or is this thread truly slow this season?

yesterday's discourse was very lit and enlightening. Thumbs up Femi and Amanze

amanze15:
duke energy and shell?! bros I say it again, it's a debatable fact but you become UNATTRACTIVE the moment you decide to continue with PhD with a hope of getting a job in the industry. About 49% of faculty in US institution of higher learning are foreign-born(a 2001 study) , so you have more chances of working in an institution of higher learning than getting a job in the industry.

they work in Universities across the country, its the easiest way to get employed if you are a PhD student.

I have taken 11 classes since I got to the states only 3 are Americans

I couldn't agree more.

Talliusceciro12:
Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen,
First of all I would like to congratulate you all for your excellent work here and I am really glad that this thread exist because perusing through previous posts has been an eye opener for me. I am quite in a complicated situation and I really need your thoughts and suggestions.
Am currently a final year student and in 2014 I applied for a tourist visa and I was denied. I filled my occupation then as a student in level 100.
Now I have been accepted to study a distinguished program in the US with a 70 percent scholarship. It is an undergraduate level program. So please what do you think of my situation. Do I have a chance? Wouldn't that sound desperate?
Thanks

What "distinguished program?" what school?

sirRiddy:
The offers are coming in.
K-State Computer Science offered an RA to divabiola this morning.
Great news!

Amazingnews

abeg which sure site can i download recent textbooks apart from Bookfi.net?